Improvement in legs for folding-lounges



1. F. TOBEY.

Legs for Folding- Lounges. NO 38,716. Patented May 6,1873:

AM, PHOTO-L ITHOGIPAPHIC 00. MY OSBORNE? PROCESS) UNITED STATES JONATHAN F. ToBEY, oE MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To HIM- PATENT OFFICE.

SELF AND JULIAN DESTE, OF SAME PLACE. I

IMPROVEMENT I N LEGS FOR FOLDlNG-LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No; [38,716, dated May 6, 1873; application filed April 7, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN F. TOBEY, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Legs for Folding Bed- Lounges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the front side of my improved leg for bed-lounges. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite side of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the same on the line a: 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section through the same on the line y y of Fig. 1.

My invention consists, in a leg pivoted within a socket, and so constructed that when brought down so as to touch the floor the weight of the portion of .the lounge to which it is attached will cause a notch in the socket to drop over a pin or projection on the leg, whereby it is securely locked in place and prevented from being accidentally thrown to one side. My invention also consists in providing the socket within which the leg is pivoted with openings in its outer plate for the passage of the heads of the fastening-screws, which are thereby allowed to take a bearing upon the inner plate of the socket, and are thus prevented, if they become loose, from projecting into a position to tear or injure the cloth when the folding portion of the lounge is turned over, as has heretofore been the case.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the mannerin which I have carried it out.

In the said drawing, A represents a leg, which is formed of cast-iron or other suitable material. The upper end of this leg is pivoted within a hollow socket, B, by means of a pin, a, which passes through a slot, d, in the upper portion of the leg, the bottom of the .socket being open, to allow the leg to swing freely upon its pivot c. The socket B is firm- 15 secured in the required position to the side of the folding portion of the lounge by screws 6, the heads of which pass through openings f in the outer plate 6 of the socket, and take a firm bearing against the inner plate 7 and it will be seen that, in case these screws should become loose and project out from the plate 7, it would be impossible for them to come into contact with and tear or injure the cloth when the folding portion of the lounge is turned over, as has heretofore been the case where the leg was pivoted by a single screw, or where it was pivoted to a plate secured to the side of the lounge by screws.

The socket B can be so attached as to admit of the leg being turned up to the right or left, .as may be desired, when the folding portion of the lounge is to be turned over.

The inner plate 7 is provided with two notches, g g,- and when the leg A is allowed to drop down into a vertical position so that its bottom will touch the floor, the weight of the folding portion of the lounge upon the socket will cause one of the notches g to drop over a pin or projection, h, on the inside of the leg, which is thus locked securely in place, and all liability of the weight of the folding portion of the lounge being brought upon its hinges by the accidental displacement of the leg is thus avoided. This downward movement of the socket upon the leg is permitted by the slot d, through which the pin 0 passes.

It is evident that, instead of having two notches, g, the socket may have a single notch only-on the right or left hand side, according to whichever side it is desired to swing the leg; but I prefer to have two notches, as shown, as one can be used to lock the leg when down, and the other to hold it when thrown up at right angles into the position seen dotted in Fig. 1.

Claims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The hollow socket B provided with one screws 0, substantially as and for the purpc so or more notches, g, in combination with the set forth. leg A pivoted thereto, and provided with a Witness my hand this 2d day of April, A. slot, (1, and a pin or projection, h, operating D. 1873.

substantially as described. JONATHAN F. TOBEY.

2. The hollow socket B, constructed with In presence ofopenings f in-its outer plate 6 to allow of P. E. TESGHEMAGHER,

the passage of the heads of the 'fastening- W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

